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The Western Cape Premier said no response was received on his first letter, and that he would be writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa again.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde wants an audience with President Cyril Ramaphosa after he failed to respond to his letter calling for a national state of disaster to be declared in the face of South Africa's deepening energy crisis.

EFF leader Julius Malema says they will shut down the country on the 20th of March to demand the return of electricity and the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

DA supporters in Cape Town and Johannesburg marched to protest against the governments handling of the country’s energy crisis.

DA leader John Steenhuisen on Wednesday said the partys march was the beginning of more peaceful protests aimed at forcing the government to address South Africas challenges.

The Theewaterskloof Municipality said it took swift and decisive action to stop people moving onto the land.

Building projects are booming in the Western Cape. Plans involving almost R35bn were passed between January and November 2022.

The ANC secretary-general says Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe should not be persecuted for his insistence on using coal to solve SA’s electricity crisis.

Winde wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa this week, asking for transparency and urgency to the countrys energy crisis, specifically on the impact it was having on provincial citizens and its economy.

It was the biggest reduction in the country, according to Premier Alan Winde, who said concerted efforts to enforce road laws paid off.